Scallop

  • 31scallop —    1. A spoon shaped hollow carved in a cave wall, floor or ceiling due to erosion by eddies in flowing water. Scallops are commonly closely packed, leaving sharp ridges at the intersects. They range from 10mm to 1m in length and as a general… …

    Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • 32scallop — Synonyms and related words: Dungeness crab, Japanese crab, Vandyke, Vandyke edge, armadillo shell, bake, barbecue, baste, blanch, blaze, blue point, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, chiton, chop, clam, clam shell, cockleshell, cockscomb, cocoa… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 33Scallop — fried potato cake (old); shellfish …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 34scallop — Australian Slang fried potato cake (old); shellfish …

    English dialects glossary

  • 35scallop — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. serration, border, indentation; see cut 2 , edge 1 …

    English dictionary for students

  • 36scallop — scal|lop [ˈskɔləp, ˈskæ US ˈska: ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: escalope shell ] 1.) a small sea creature that you can eat, with a flat round shell made of two parts that fit together 2.) [usually plural] one of a row of small curves …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 37scallop — [[t]skɒ̱ləp, skæ̱l [/t]] scallops 1) N COUNT: usu pl Scallops are large shellfish with two flat fan shaped shells. Scallops can be eaten. 2) N COUNT: usu pl Scallops are a series of small curves that form an ornamental border on things such as… …

    English dictionary

  • 38scallop — scal·lop || skÉ‘lÉ™p / skÉ’ n. variety of bivalve shellfish with a fluted shell; one of a series of curved projections forming a border; furrowed or fluted pattern v. gather scallops; decorate with a curved or fluted border; bake with a sauce… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 39scallop — v. a. Indent, notch …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 40scallop — 1 noun (C) 1 a small sea creature that has a hard flat shell made of two parts that fit together 2 (usually plural) one of a row of small curves decorating the edge of clothes, curtains etc 2 also scollop verb (T) 1 to decorate something by… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English